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uset.h File Reference

C API: Unicode Set. More...

`#include "unicode/utypes.h"`
`#include "unicode/uchar.h"`
`#include "unicode/localpointer.h"`

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## Data Structures
struct | USerializedSet
| A serialized form of a Unicode set. More...

## Namespaces
| icu
| File coll.h.

## Typedefs
typedef struct USet | USet
| USet is the C API type corresponding to C++ class UnicodeSet. More...
typedef enum USetSpanCondition | USetSpanCondition
| Argument values for whether span() and similar functions continue while the current character is contained vs. More...
typedef struct USerializedSet | USerializedSet
| A serialized form of a Unicode set. More...

## Enumerations
enum | { USET_IGNORE_SPACE = 1, USET_CASE_INSENSITIVE = 2, USET_ADD_CASE_MAPPINGS = 4 }
| Bitmask values to be passed to uset_openPatternOptions() or uset_applyPattern() taking an option parameter. More...
enum | USetSpanCondition { USET_SPAN_NOT_CONTAINED = 0, USET_SPAN_CONTAINED = 1, USET_SPAN_SIMPLE = 2, USET_SPAN_CONDITION_COUNT }
| Argument values for whether span() and similar functions continue while the current character is contained vs. More...
enum | { USET_SERIALIZED_STATIC_ARRAY_CAPACITY =8 }

## Functions
U_CAPI USet * | uset_openEmpty (void)
| Create an empty USet object. More...
U_CAPI USet * | uset_open (UChar32 start, UChar32 end)
| Creates a USet object that contains the range of characters start..end, inclusive. More...
U_CAPI USet * | uset_openPattern (const UChar *pattern, int32_t patternLength, UErrorCode *ec)
| Creates a set from the given pattern. More...
U_CAPI USet * | uset_openPatternOptions (const UChar *pattern, int32_t patternLength, uint32_t options, UErrorCode *ec)
| Creates a set from the given pattern. More...
U_CAPI void | uset_close (USet *set)
| Disposes of the storage used by a USet object. More...
U_CAPI USet * | uset_clone (const USet *set)
| Returns a copy of this object. More...
U_CAPI UBool | uset_isFrozen (const USet *set)
| Determines whether the set has been frozen (made immutable) or not. More...
U_CAPI void | uset_freeze (USet *set)
| Freeze the set (make it immutable). More...
U_CAPI USet * | uset_cloneAsThawed (const USet *set)
| Clone the set and make the clone mutable. More...
U_CAPI void | uset_set (USet *set, UChar32 start, UChar32 end)
| Causes the USet object to represent the range `start - end`. More...
U_CAPI int32_t | uset_applyPattern (USet *set, const UChar *pattern, int32_t patternLength, uint32_t options, UErrorCode *status)
| Modifies the set to represent the set specified by the given pattern. More...
U_CAPI void | uset_applyIntPropertyValue (USet *set, UProperty prop, int32_t value, UErrorCode *ec)
| Modifies the set to contain those code points which have the given value for the given binary or enumerated property, as returned by u_getIntPropertyValue. More...
U_CAPI void | uset_applyPropertyAlias (USet *set, const UChar *prop, int32_t propLength, const UChar *value, int32_t valueLength, UErrorCode *ec)
| Modifies the set to contain those code points which have the given value for the given property. More...
U_CAPI UBool | uset_resemblesPattern (const UChar *pattern, int32_t patternLength, int32_t pos)
| Return true if the given position, in the given pattern, appears to be the start of a UnicodeSet pattern. More...
U_CAPI int32_t | uset_toPattern (const USet *set, UChar *result, int32_t resultCapacity, UBool escapeUnprintable, UErrorCode *ec)
| Returns a string representation of this set. More...
U_CAPI void | uset_add (USet *set, UChar32 c)
| Adds the given character to the given USet. More...
U_CAPI void | uset_addAll (USet *set, const USet *additionalSet)
| Adds all of the elements in the specified set to this set if they're not already present. More...
U_CAPI void | uset_addRange (USet *set, UChar32 start, UChar32 end)
| Adds the given range of characters to the given USet. More...
U_CAPI void | uset_addString (USet *set, const UChar *str, int32_t strLen)
| Adds the given string to the given USet. More...
U_CAPI void | uset_addAllCodePoints (USet *set, const UChar *str, int32_t strLen)
| Adds each of the characters in this string to the set. More...
U_CAPI void | uset_remove (USet *set, UChar32 c)
| Removes the given character from the given USet. More...
U_CAPI void | uset_removeRange (USet *set, UChar32 start, UChar32 end)
| Removes the given range of characters from the given USet. More...
U_CAPI void | uset_removeString (USet *set, const UChar *str, int32_t strLen)
| Removes the given string to the given USet. More...
U_CAPI void | uset_removeAllCodePoints (USet *set, const UChar *str, int32_t length)
| Removes EACH of the characters in this string. More...
U_CAPI void | uset_removeAll (USet *set, const USet *removeSet)
| Removes from this set all of its elements that are contained in the specified set. More...
U_CAPI void | uset_retain (USet *set, UChar32 start, UChar32 end)
| Retain only the elements in this set that are contained in the specified range. More...
U_CAPI void | uset_retainString (USet *set, const UChar *str, int32_t length)
| Retains only the specified string from this set if it is present. More...
U_CAPI void | uset_retainAllCodePoints (USet *set, const UChar *str, int32_t length)
| Retains EACH of the characters in this string. More...
U_CAPI void | uset_retainAll (USet *set, const USet *retain)
| Retains only the elements in this set that are contained in the specified set. More...
U_CAPI void | uset_compact (USet *set)
| Reallocate this objects internal structures to take up the least possible space, without changing this object's value. More...
U_CAPI void | uset_complement (USet *set)
| This is equivalent to `uset_complementRange(set, 0, 0x10FFFF)`. More...
U_CAPI void | uset_complementRange (USet *set, UChar32 start, UChar32 end)
| Complements the specified range in this set. More...
U_CAPI void | uset_complementString (USet *set, const UChar *str, int32_t length)
| Complements the specified string in this set. More...
U_CAPI void | uset_complementAllCodePoints (USet *set, const UChar *str, int32_t length)
| Complements EACH of the characters in this string. More...
U_CAPI void | uset_complementAll (USet *set, const USet *complement)
| Complements in this set all elements contained in the specified set. More...
U_CAPI void | uset_clear (USet *set)
| Removes all of the elements from this set. More...
U_CAPI void | uset_closeOver (USet *set, int32_t attributes)
| Close this set over the given attribute. More...
U_CAPI void | uset_removeAllStrings (USet *set)
| Remove all strings from this set. More...
U_CAPI UBool | uset_isEmpty (const USet *set)
| Returns true if the given USet contains no characters and no strings. More...
U_CAPI UBool | uset_hasStrings (const USet *set)
U_CAPI UBool | uset_contains (const USet *set, UChar32 c)
| Returns true if the given USet contains the given character. More...
U_CAPI UBool | uset_containsRange (const USet *set, UChar32 start, UChar32 end)
| Returns true if the given USet contains all characters c where start <= c && c <= end. More...
U_CAPI UBool | uset_containsString (const USet *set, const UChar *str, int32_t strLen)
| Returns true if the given USet contains the given string. More...
U_CAPI int32_t | uset_indexOf (const USet *set, UChar32 c)
| Returns the index of the given character within this set, where the set is ordered by ascending code point. More...
U_CAPI UChar32 | uset_charAt (const USet *set, int32_t charIndex)
| Returns the character at the given index within this set, where the set is ordered by ascending code point. More...
U_CAPI int32_t | uset_size (const USet *set)
| Returns the number of characters and strings contained in this set. More...
U_CAPI int32_t | uset_getRangeCount (const USet *set)
U_CAPI int32_t | uset_getItemCount (const USet *set)
| Returns the number of items in this set. More...
U_CAPI int32_t | uset_getItem (const USet *set, int32_t itemIndex, UChar32 *start, UChar32 *end, UChar *str, int32_t strCapacity, UErrorCode *ec)
| Returns an item of this set. More...
U_CAPI UBool | uset_containsAll (const USet *set1, const USet *set2)
| Returns true if set1 contains all the characters and strings of set2. More...
U_CAPI UBool | uset_containsAllCodePoints (const USet *set, const UChar *str, int32_t strLen)
| Returns true if this set contains all the characters of the given string. More...
U_CAPI UBool | uset_containsNone (const USet *set1, const USet *set2)
| Returns true if set1 contains none of the characters and strings of set2. More...
U_CAPI UBool | uset_containsSome (const USet *set1, const USet *set2)
| Returns true if set1 contains some of the characters and strings of set2. More...
U_CAPI int32_t | uset_span (const USet *set, const UChar *s, int32_t length, USetSpanCondition spanCondition)
| Returns the length of the initial substring of the input string which consists only of characters and strings that are contained in this set (USET_SPAN_CONTAINED, USET_SPAN_SIMPLE), or only of characters and strings that are not contained in this set (USET_SPAN_NOT_CONTAINED). More...
U_CAPI int32_t | uset_spanBack (const USet *set, const UChar *s, int32_t length, USetSpanCondition spanCondition)
| Returns the start of the trailing substring of the input string which consists only of characters and strings that are contained in this set (USET_SPAN_CONTAINED, USET_SPAN_SIMPLE), or only of characters and strings that are not contained in this set (USET_SPAN_NOT_CONTAINED). More...
U_CAPI int32_t | uset_spanUTF8 (const USet *set, const char *s, int32_t length, USetSpanCondition spanCondition)
| Returns the length of the initial substring of the input string which consists only of characters and strings that are contained in this set (USET_SPAN_CONTAINED, USET_SPAN_SIMPLE), or only of characters and strings that are not contained in this set (USET_SPAN_NOT_CONTAINED). More...
U_CAPI int32_t | uset_spanBackUTF8 (const USet *set, const char *s, int32_t length, USetSpanCondition spanCondition)
| Returns the start of the trailing substring of the input string which consists only of characters and strings that are contained in this set (USET_SPAN_CONTAINED, USET_SPAN_SIMPLE), or only of characters and strings that are not contained in this set (USET_SPAN_NOT_CONTAINED). More...
U_CAPI UBool | uset_equals (const USet *set1, const USet *set2)
| Returns true if set1 contains all of the characters and strings of set2, and vis versa. More...
U_CAPI int32_t | uset_serialize (const USet *set, uint16_t *dest, int32_t destCapacity, UErrorCode *pErrorCode)
| Serializes this set into an array of 16-bit integers. More...
U_CAPI UBool | uset_getSerializedSet (USerializedSet *fillSet, const uint16_t *src, int32_t srcLength)
| Given a serialized array, fill in the given serialized set object. More...
U_CAPI void | uset_setSerializedToOne (USerializedSet *fillSet, UChar32 c)
| Set the USerializedSet to contain the given character (and nothing else). More...
U_CAPI UBool | uset_serializedContains (const USerializedSet *set, UChar32 c)
| Returns true if the given USerializedSet contains the given character. More...
U_CAPI int32_t | uset_getSerializedRangeCount (const USerializedSet *set)
| Returns the number of disjoint ranges of characters contained in the given serialized set. More...
U_CAPI UBool | uset_getSerializedRange (const USerializedSet *set, int32_t rangeIndex, UChar32 *pStart, UChar32 *pEnd)
| Returns a range of characters contained in the given serialized set. More...

## Detailed Description

C API: Unicode Set.

This is a C wrapper around the C++ UnicodeSet class.

Definition in file uset.h.

## Typedef Documentation

## ◆ USerializedSet

typedef struct USerializedSet USerializedSet

A serialized form of a Unicode set.

Limited manipulations are possible directly on a serialized set. See below.

Stable:
  ICU 2.4

## ◆ USet

typedef struct USet USet

USet is the C API type corresponding to C++ class UnicodeSet.

Use the uset_* API to manipulate. Create with uset_open*, and destroy with uset_close.

Stable:
  ICU 2.4

Definition at line 50 of file uset.h.

## ◆ USetSpanCondition

typedef enum USetSpanCondition USetSpanCondition

Argument values for whether span() and similar functions continue while the current character is contained vs.

not contained in the set.

The functionality is straightforward for sets with only single code points, without strings (which is the common case):

- USET_SPAN_CONTAINED and USET_SPAN_SIMPLE work the same.
- USET_SPAN_CONTAINED and USET_SPAN_SIMPLE are inverses of USET_SPAN_NOT_CONTAINED.
- span() and spanBack() partition any string the same way when alternating between span(USET_SPAN_NOT_CONTAINED) and span(either "contained" condition).
- Using a complemented (inverted) set and the opposite span conditions yields the same results.

When a set contains multi-code point strings, then these statements may not be true, depending on the strings in the set (for example, whether they overlap with each other) and the string that is processed. For a set with strings:

- The complement of the set contains the opposite set of code points, but the same set of strings. Therefore, complementing both the set and the span conditions may yield different results.
- When starting spans at different positions in a string (span(s, ...) vs. span(s+1, ...)) the ends of the spans may be different because a set string may start before the later position.
- span(USET_SPAN_SIMPLE) may be shorter than span(USET_SPAN_CONTAINED) because it will not recursively try all possible paths. For example, with a set which contains the three strings "xy", "xya" and "ax", span("xyax", USET_SPAN_CONTAINED) will return 4 but span("xyax", USET_SPAN_SIMPLE) will return 3. span(USET_SPAN_SIMPLE) will never be longer than span(USET_SPAN_CONTAINED).
- With either "contained" condition, span() and spanBack() may partition a string in different ways. For example, with a set which contains the two strings "ab" and "ba", and when processing the string "aba", span() will yield contained/not-contained boundaries of { 0, 2, 3 } while spanBack() will yield boundaries of { 0, 1, 3 }.

Note: If it is important to get the same boundaries whether iterating forward or backward through a string, then either only span() should be used and the boundaries cached for backward operation, or an ICU BreakIterator could be used.

Note: Unpaired surrogates are treated like surrogate code points. Similarly, set strings match only on code point boundaries, never in the middle of a surrogate pair. Illegal UTF-8 sequences are treated like U+FFFD. When processing UTF-8 strings, malformed set strings (strings with unpaired surrogates which cannot be converted to UTF-8) are ignored.

Stable:
  ICU 3.8

## Enumeration Type Documentation

## ◆ anonymous enum

anonymous enum

Bitmask values to be passed to uset_openPatternOptions() or uset_applyPattern() taking an option parameter.

Stable:
  ICU 2.4

Enumerator
USET_IGNORE_SPACE | Ignore white space within patterns unless quoted or escaped. Stable: ICU 2.4
USET_CASE_INSENSITIVE | Enable case insensitive matching. E.g., "[ab]" with this flag will match 'a', 'A', 'b', and 'B'. "[^ab]" with this flag will match all except 'a', 'A', 'b', and 'B'. This performs a full closure over case mappings, e.g. U+017F for s. The resulting set is a superset of the input for the code points but not for the strings. It performs a case mapping closure of the code points and adds full case folding strings for the code points, and reduces strings of the original set to their full case folding equivalents. This is designed for case-insensitive matches, for example in regular expressions. The full code point case closure allows checking of an input character directly against the closure set. Strings are matched by comparing the case-folded form from the closure set with an incremental case folding of the string in question. The closure set will also contain single code points if the original set contained case-equivalent strings (like U+00DF for "ss" or "Ss" etc.). This is not necessary (that is, redundant) for the above matching method but results in the same closure sets regardless of whether the original set contained the code point or a string. Stable: ICU 2.4
USET_ADD_CASE_MAPPINGS | Enable case insensitive matching. E.g., "[ab]" with this flag will match 'a', 'A', 'b', and 'B'. "[^ab]" with this flag will match all except 'a', 'A', 'b', and 'B'. This adds the lower-, title-, and uppercase mappings as well as the case folding of each existing element in the set. Stable: ICU 3.2

Definition at line 58 of file uset.h.

## ◆ anonymous enum

anonymous enum

Enumerator
USET_SERIALIZED_STATIC_ARRAY_CAPACITY | Capacity of USerializedSet::staticArray. Enough for any single-code point set. Also provides padding for nice sizeof(USerializedSet). Stable: ICU 2.4

Definition at line 217 of file uset.h.

## ◆ USetSpanCondition

enum USetSpanCondition

Argument values for whether span() and similar functions continue while the current character is contained vs.

not contained in the set.

The functionality is straightforward for sets with only single code points, without strings (which is the common case):

- USET_SPAN_CONTAINED and USET_SPAN_SIMPLE work the same.
- USET_SPAN_CONTAINED and USET_SPAN_SIMPLE are inverses of USET_SPAN_NOT_CONTAINED.
- span() and spanBack() partition any string the same way when alternating between span(USET_SPAN_NOT_CONTAINED) and span(either "contained" condition).
- Using a complemented (inverted) set and the opposite span conditions yields the same results.

When a set contains multi-code point strings, then these statements may not be true, depending on the strings in the set (for example, whether they overlap with each other) and the string that is processed. For a set with strings:

- The complement of the set contains the opposite set of code points, but the same set of strings. Therefore, complementing both the set and the span conditions may yield different results.
- When starting spans at different positions in a string (span(s, ...) vs. span(s+1, ...)) the ends of the spans may be different because a set string may start before the later position.
- span(USET_SPAN_SIMPLE) may be shorter than span(USET_SPAN_CONTAINED) because it will not recursively try all possible paths. For example, with a set which contains the three strings "xy", "xya" and "ax", span("xyax", USET_SPAN_CONTAINED) will return 4 but span("xyax", USET_SPAN_SIMPLE) will return 3. span(USET_SPAN_SIMPLE) will never be longer than span(USET_SPAN_CONTAINED).
- With either "contained" condition, span() and spanBack() may partition a string in different ways. For example, with a set which contains the two strings "ab" and "ba", and when processing the string "aba", span() will yield contained/not-contained boundaries of { 0, 2, 3 } while spanBack() will yield boundaries of { 0, 1, 3 }.

Note: If it is important to get the same boundaries whether iterating forward or backward through a string, then either only span() should be used and the boundaries cached for backward operation, or an ICU BreakIterator could be used.

Note: Unpaired surrogates are treated like surrogate code points. Similarly, set strings match only on code point boundaries, never in the middle of a surrogate pair. Illegal UTF-8 sequences are treated like U+FFFD. When processing UTF-8 strings, malformed set strings (strings with unpaired surrogates which cannot be converted to UTF-8) are ignored.

Stable:
  ICU 3.8

Enumerator
USET_SPAN_NOT_CONTAINED | Continues a span() while there is no set element at the current position. Increments by one code point at a time. Stops before the first set element (character or string). (For code points only, this is like while contains(current)==false). When span() returns, the substring between where it started and the position it returned consists only of characters that are not in the set, and none of its strings overlap with the span. Stable: ICU 3.8
USET_SPAN_CONTAINED | Spans the longest substring that is a concatenation of set elements (characters or strings). (For characters only, this is like while contains(current)==true). When span() returns, the substring between where it started and the position it returned consists only of set elements (characters or strings) that are in the set. If a set contains strings, then the span will be the longest substring for which there exists at least one non-overlapping concatenation of set elements (characters or strings). This is equivalent to a POSIX regular expression for `(OR of each set element)*`. (Java/ICU/Perl regex stops at the first match of an OR.) Stable: ICU 3.8
USET_SPAN_SIMPLE | Continues a span() while there is a set element at the current position. Increments by the longest matching element at each position. (For characters only, this is like while contains(current)==true). When span() returns, the substring between where it started and the position it returned consists only of set elements (characters or strings) that are in the set. If a set only contains single characters, then this is the same as USET_SPAN_CONTAINED. If a set contains strings, then the span will be the longest substring with a match at each position with the longest single set element (character or string). Use this span condition together with other longest-match algorithms, such as ICU converters (ucnv_getUnicodeSet()). Stable: ICU 3.8
USET_SPAN_CONDITION_COUNT | One more than the last span condition. Deprecated: ICU 58 The numeric value may change over time, see ICU ticket #12420.

Definition at line 159 of file uset.h.

## Function Documentation

## ◆ uset_add()

U_CAPI void uset_add | ( | USet * | set,
|  | UChar32 | c
| ) |  |

Adds the given character to the given USet.

After this call, uset_contains(set, c) will return true. A frozen set will not be modified.

Parameters

  set | the object to which to add the character
  c | the character to add

Stable:
  ICU 2.4

## ◆ uset_addAll()

U_CAPI void uset_addAll | ( | USet * | set,
|  | const USet * | additionalSet
| ) |  |

Adds all of the elements in the specified set to this set if they're not already present.

This operation effectively modifies this set so that its value is the union of the two sets. The behavior of this operation is unspecified if the specified collection is modified while the operation is in progress. A frozen set will not be modified.

Parameters

  set | the object to which to add the set
  additionalSet | the source set whose elements are to be added to this set.

Stable:
  ICU 2.6

## ◆ uset_addAllCodePoints()

U_CAPI void uset_addAllCodePoints | ( | USet * | set,
|  | const UChar * | str,
|  | int32_t | strLen
| ) |  |

Adds each of the characters in this string to the set.

Note: "ch" => {"c", "h"} If this set already contains any particular character, it has no effect on that character. A frozen set will not be modified.

Parameters

  set | the object to which to add the character
  str | the source string
  strLen | the length of the string or -1 if null terminated.

Stable:
  ICU 3.4

## ◆ uset_addRange()

U_CAPI void uset_addRange | ( | USet * | set,
|  | UChar32 | start,
|  | UChar32 | end
| ) |  |

Adds the given range of characters to the given USet.

After this call, uset_contains(set, start, end) will return true. A frozen set will not be modified.

Parameters

  set | the object to which to add the character
  start | the first character of the range to add, inclusive
  end | the last character of the range to add, inclusive

Stable:
  ICU 2.2

## ◆ uset_addString()

U_CAPI void uset_addString | ( | USet * | set,
|  | const UChar * | str,
|  | int32_t | strLen
| ) |  |

Adds the given string to the given USet.

After this call, uset_containsString(set, str, strLen) will return true. A frozen set will not be modified.

Parameters

  set | the object to which to add the character
  str | the string to add
  strLen | the length of the string or -1 if null terminated.

Stable:
  ICU 2.4

## ◆ uset_applyIntPropertyValue()

U_CAPI void uset_applyIntPropertyValue | ( | USet * | set,
|  | UProperty | prop,
|  | int32_t | value,
|  | UErrorCode * | ec
| ) |  |

Modifies the set to contain those code points which have the given value for the given binary or enumerated property, as returned by u_getIntPropertyValue.

Prior contents of this set are lost. A frozen set will not be modified.

Parameters

  set | the object to contain the code points defined by the property
  prop | a property in the range UCHAR_BIN_START..UCHAR_BIN_LIMIT-1 or UCHAR_INT_START..UCHAR_INT_LIMIT-1 or UCHAR_MASK_START..UCHAR_MASK_LIMIT-1.
  value | a value in the range u_getIntPropertyMinValue(prop).. u_getIntPropertyMaxValue(prop), with one exception. If prop is UCHAR_GENERAL_CATEGORY_MASK, then value should not be a UCharCategory, but rather a mask value produced by U_GET_GC_MASK(). This allows grouped categories such as [:L:] to be represented.
  ec | error code input/output parameter

Stable:
  ICU 3.2

## ◆ uset_applyPattern()

U_CAPI int32_t uset_applyPattern | ( | USet * | set,
|  | const UChar * | pattern,
|  | int32_t | patternLength,
|  | uint32_t | options,
|  | UErrorCode * | status
| ) |  |

Modifies the set to represent the set specified by the given pattern.

See the UnicodeSet class description for the syntax of the pattern language. See also the User Guide chapter about UnicodeSet. Empties the set passed before applying the pattern. A frozen set will not be modified.

Parameters

  set | The set to which the pattern is to be applied.
  pattern | A pointer to UChar string specifying what characters are in the set. The character at pattern[0] must be a '['.
  patternLength | The length of the UChar string. -1 if NUL terminated.
  options | A bitmask for options to apply to the pattern. Valid options are USET_IGNORE_SPACE and USET_CASE_INSENSITIVE.
  status | Returns an error if the pattern cannot be parsed.

Returns
  Upon successful parse, the value is either the index of the character after the closing ']' of the parsed pattern. If the status code indicates failure, then the return value is the index of the error in the source.

Stable:
  ICU 2.8

## ◆ uset_applyPropertyAlias()

U_CAPI void uset_applyPropertyAlias | ( | USet * | set,
|  | const UChar * | prop,
|  | int32_t | propLength,
|  | const UChar * | value,
|  | int32_t | valueLength,
|  | UErrorCode * | ec
| ) |  |

Modifies the set to contain those code points which have the given value for the given property.

Prior contents of this set are lost. A frozen set will not be modified.

Parameters

  set | the object to contain the code points defined by the given property and value alias
  prop | a string specifying a property alias, either short or long. The name is matched loosely. See PropertyAliases.txt for names and a description of loose matching. If the value string is empty, then this string is interpreted as either a General_Category value alias, a Script value alias, a binary property alias, or a special ID. Special IDs are matched loosely and correspond to the following sets:

"ANY" = [\u0000-\U0010FFFF], "ASCII" = [\u0000-\u007F], "Assigned" = [:^Cn:].

Parameters

  propLength | the length of the prop, or -1 if NULL
  value | a string specifying a value alias, either short or long. The name is matched loosely. See PropertyValueAliases.txt for names and a description of loose matching. In addition to aliases listed, numeric values and canonical combining classes may be expressed numerically, e.g., ("nv", "0.5") or ("ccc", "220"). The value string may also be empty.
  valueLength | the length of the value, or -1 if NULL
  ec | error code input/output parameter

Stable:
  ICU 3.2

## ◆ uset_charAt()

U_CAPI UChar32 uset_charAt | ( | const USet * | set,
|  | int32_t | charIndex
| ) |  |

Returns the character at the given index within this set, where the set is ordered by ascending code point.

If the index is out of range for characters, returns (UChar32)-1. The inverse of this method is `indexOf()`.

For iteration, this is slower than uset_getRangeCount()/uset_getItemCount() with uset_getItem(), because for each call it skips linearly over `index` characters in the ranges.

Parameters

  set | the set
  charIndex | an index from 0..size()-1 to obtain the char for

Returns
  the character at the given index, or (UChar32)-1.

Stable:
  ICU 3.2

## ◆ uset_clear()

U_CAPI void uset_clear | ( | USet * | set | ) |

Removes all of the elements from this set.

This set will be empty after this call returns. A frozen set will not be modified.

Parameters

  set | the set

Stable:
  ICU 2.4

## ◆ uset_clone()

U_CAPI USet* uset_clone | ( | const USet * | set | ) |

Returns a copy of this object.

If this set is frozen, then the clone will be frozen as well. Use uset_cloneAsThawed() for a mutable clone of a frozen set.

Parameters

  set | the original set

Returns
  the newly allocated copy of the set

See also
  uset_cloneAsThawed

Stable:
  ICU 3.8

## ◆ uset_cloneAsThawed()

U_CAPI USet* uset_cloneAsThawed | ( | const USet * | set | ) |

Clone the set and make the clone mutable.

See the ICU4J Freezable interface for details.

Parameters

  set | the set

Returns
  the mutable clone

See also
  uset_freeze
  uset_isFrozen
  uset_clone

Stable:
  ICU 3.8

## ◆ uset_close()

U_CAPI void uset_close | ( | USet * | set | ) |

Disposes of the storage used by a USet object.

This function should be called exactly once for objects returned by uset_open().

Parameters

  set | the object to dispose of

Stable:
  ICU 2.4

## ◆ uset_closeOver()

U_CAPI void uset_closeOver | ( | USet * | set,
|  | int32_t | attributes
| ) |  |

Close this set over the given attribute.

For the attribute USET_CASE, the result is to modify this set so that:

1. For each character or string 'a' in this set, all strings or characters 'b' such that foldCase(a) == foldCase(b) are added to this set.
2. For each string 'e' in the resulting set, if e != foldCase(e), 'e' will be removed.

Example: [aq\u00DF{Bc}{bC}{Fi}] => [aAqQ\u00DF\uFB01{ss}{bc}{fi}]

(Here foldCase(x) refers to the operation u_strFoldCase, and a == b denotes that the contents are the same, not pointer comparison.)

A frozen set will not be modified.

Parameters

  set | the set
  attributes | bitmask for attributes to close over. Currently only the USET_CASE bit is supported. Any undefined bits are ignored.

Stable:
  ICU 4.2

## ◆ uset_compact()

U_CAPI void uset_compact | ( | USet * | set | ) |

Reallocate this objects internal structures to take up the least possible space, without changing this object's value.

A frozen set will not be modified.

Parameters

  set | the object on which to perform the compact

Stable:
  ICU 3.2

## ◆ uset_complement()

U_CAPI void uset_complement | ( | USet * | set | ) |

This is equivalent to `uset_complementRange(set, 0, 0x10FFFF)`.

Note: This performs a symmetric difference with all code points and thus retains all multicharacter strings. In order to achieve a “code point complement” (all code points minus this set), the easiest is to `uset_complement(set); uset_removeAllStrings(set);`.

A frozen set will not be modified.

Parameters

  set | the set

Stable:
  ICU 2.4

## ◆ uset_complementAll()

U_CAPI void uset_complementAll | ( | USet * | set,
|  | const USet * | complement
| ) |  |

Complements in this set all elements contained in the specified set.

Any character in the other set will be removed if it is in this set, or will be added if it is not in this set. A frozen set will not be modified.

Parameters

  set | the set with which to complement
  complement | set that defines which elements will be xor'ed from this set.

Stable:
  ICU 3.2

## ◆ uset_complementAllCodePoints()

U_CAPI void uset_complementAllCodePoints | ( | USet * | set,
|  | const UChar * | str,
|  | int32_t | length
| ) |  |

Complements EACH of the characters in this string.

Note: "ch" == {"c", "h"} A frozen set will not be modified.

Parameters

  set | the object to be modified
  str | the string
  length | the length of the string, or -1 if NUL-terminated

Stable:
  ICU 69

## ◆ uset_complementRange()

U_CAPI void uset_complementRange | ( | USet * | set,
|  | UChar32 | start,
|  | UChar32 | end
| ) |  |

Complements the specified range in this set.

Any character in the range will be removed if it is in this set, or will be added if it is not in this set. If `start > end` then an empty range is complemented, leaving the set unchanged. This is equivalent to a boolean logic XOR. A frozen set will not be modified.

Parameters

  set | the object to be modified
  start | first character, inclusive, of range
  end | last character, inclusive, of range

Stable:
  ICU 69

## ◆ uset_complementString()

U_CAPI void uset_complementString | ( | USet * | set,
|  | const UChar * | str,
|  | int32_t | length
| ) |  |

Complements the specified string in this set.

The string will be removed if it is in this set, or will be added if it is not in this set. A frozen set will not be modified.

Parameters

  set | the object to be modified
  str | the string
  length | the length of the string, or -1 if NUL-terminated

Stable:
  ICU 69

## ◆ uset_contains()

U_CAPI UBool uset_contains | ( | const USet * | set,
|  | UChar32 | c
| ) |  |

Returns true if the given USet contains the given character.

This function works faster with a frozen set.

Parameters

  set | the set
  c | The codepoint to check for within the set

Returns
  true if set contains c

Stable:
  ICU 2.4

## ◆ uset_containsAll()

U_CAPI UBool uset_containsAll | ( | const USet * | set1,
|  | const USet * | set2
| ) |  |

Returns true if set1 contains all the characters and strings of set2.

It answers the question, 'Is set1 a superset of set2?'

Parameters

  set1 | set to be checked for containment
  set2 | set to be checked for containment

Returns
  true if the test condition is met

Stable:
  ICU 3.2

## ◆ uset_containsAllCodePoints()

U_CAPI UBool uset_containsAllCodePoints | ( | const USet * | set,
|  | const UChar * | str,
|  | int32_t | strLen
| ) |  |

Returns true if this set contains all the characters of the given string.

This is does not check containment of grapheme clusters, like uset_containsString.

Parameters

  set | set of characters to be checked for containment
  str | string containing codepoints to be checked for containment
  strLen | the length of the string or -1 if null terminated.

Returns
  true if the test condition is met

Stable:
  ICU 3.4

## ◆ uset_containsNone()

U_CAPI UBool uset_containsNone | ( | const USet * | set1,
|  | const USet * | set2
| ) |  |

Returns true if set1 contains none of the characters and strings of set2.

It answers the question, 'Is set1 a disjoint set of set2?'

Parameters

  set1 | set to be checked for containment
  set2 | set to be checked for containment

Returns
  true if the test condition is met

Stable:
  ICU 3.2

## ◆ uset_containsRange()

U_CAPI UBool uset_containsRange | ( | const USet * | set,
|  | UChar32 | start,
|  | UChar32 | end
| ) |  |

Returns true if the given USet contains all characters c where start <= c && c <= end.

Parameters

  set | the set
  start | the first character of the range to test, inclusive
  end | the last character of the range to test, inclusive

Returns
  true if set contains the range

Stable:
  ICU 2.2

## ◆ uset_containsSome()

U_CAPI UBool uset_containsSome | ( | const USet * | set1,
|  | const USet * | set2
| ) |  |

Returns true if set1 contains some of the characters and strings of set2.

It answers the question, 'Does set1 and set2 have an intersection?'

Parameters

  set1 | set to be checked for containment
  set2 | set to be checked for containment

Returns
  true if the test condition is met

Stable:
  ICU 3.2

## ◆ uset_containsString()

U_CAPI UBool uset_containsString | ( | const USet * | set,
|  | const UChar * | str,
|  | int32_t | strLen
| ) |  |

Returns true if the given USet contains the given string.

Parameters

  set | the set
  str | the string
  strLen | the length of the string or -1 if null terminated.

Returns
  true if set contains str

Stable:
  ICU 2.4

## ◆ uset_equals()

U_CAPI UBool uset_equals | ( | const USet * | set1,
|  | const USet * | set2
| ) |  |

Returns true if set1 contains all of the characters and strings of set2, and vis versa.

It answers the question, 'Is set1 equal to set2?'

Parameters

  set1 | set to be checked for containment
  set2 | set to be checked for containment

Returns
  true if the test condition is met

Stable:
  ICU 3.2

## ◆ uset_freeze()

U_CAPI void uset_freeze | ( | USet * | set | ) |

Freeze the set (make it immutable).

Once frozen, it cannot be unfrozen and is therefore thread-safe until it is deleted. See the ICU4J Freezable interface for details. Freezing the set may also make some operations faster, for example uset_contains() and uset_span(). A frozen set will not be modified. (It remains frozen.)

Parameters

  set | the set

Returns
  the same set, now frozen

See also
  uset_isFrozen
  uset_cloneAsThawed

Stable:
  ICU 3.8

## ◆ uset_getItem()

U_CAPI int32_t uset_getItem | ( | const USet * | set,
|  | int32_t | itemIndex,
|  | UChar32 * | start,
|  | UChar32 * | end,
|  | UChar * | str,
|  | int32_t | strCapacity,
|  | UErrorCode * | ec
| ) |  |

Returns an item of this set.

An item is either a range of characters or a single multicharacter string (which can be the empty string).

If `itemIndex` is less than uset_getRangeCount(), then this function returns 0, and the range is `*start`..`*end`.

If `itemIndex` is at least uset_getRangeCount() and less than uset_getItemCount(), then this function copies the string into `str[strCapacity]` and returns the length of the string (0 for the empty string).

If `itemIndex` is out of range, then this function returns -1.

Note that 0 is returned for each range as well as for the empty string.

Parameters

  set | the set
  itemIndex | a non-negative integer in the range 0..uset_getItemCount(set)-1
  start | pointer to variable to receive first character in range, inclusive; can be NULL for a string item
  end | pointer to variable to receive last character in range, inclusive; can be NULL for a string item
  str | buffer to receive the string, may be NULL
  strCapacity | capacity of str, or 0 if str is NULL
  ec | error code; U_INDEX_OUTOFBOUNDS_ERROR if the itemIndex is out of range

Returns
  the length of the string (0 or >= 2), or 0 if the item is a range, or -1 if the itemIndex is out of range

Stable:
  ICU 2.4

## ◆ uset_getItemCount()

U_CAPI int32_t uset_getItemCount | ( | const USet * | set | ) |

Returns the number of items in this set.

An item is either a range of characters or a single multicharacter string.

Parameters

  set | the set

Returns
  a non-negative integer counting the character ranges and/or strings contained in set

Stable:
  ICU 2.4

## ◆ uset_getRangeCount()

U_CAPI int32_t uset_getRangeCount | ( | const USet * | set | ) |

Parameters

  set | the set

Returns
  the number of ranges in this set.

Draft:
  This API may be changed in the future versions and was introduced in ICU 70

See also
  uset_getItemCount
  uset_getItem
  uset_size

## ◆ uset_getSerializedRange()

U_CAPI UBool uset_getSerializedRange | ( | const USerializedSet * | set,
|  | int32_t | rangeIndex,
|  | UChar32 * | pStart,
|  | UChar32 * | pEnd
| ) |  |

Returns a range of characters contained in the given serialized set.

Parameters

  set | the serialized set
  rangeIndex | a non-negative integer in the range 0.. uset_getSerializedRangeCount(set)-1
  pStart | pointer to variable to receive first character in range, inclusive
  pEnd | pointer to variable to receive last character in range, inclusive

Returns
  true if rangeIndex is valid, otherwise false

Stable:
  ICU 2.4

## ◆ uset_getSerializedRangeCount()

U_CAPI int32_t uset_getSerializedRangeCount | ( | const USerializedSet * | set | ) |

Returns the number of disjoint ranges of characters contained in the given serialized set.

Ignores any strings contained in the set.

Parameters

  set | the serialized set

Returns
  a non-negative integer counting the character ranges contained in set

Stable:
  ICU 2.4

## ◆ uset_getSerializedSet()

U_CAPI UBool uset_getSerializedSet | ( | USerializedSet * | fillSet,
|  | const uint16_t * | src,
|  | int32_t | srcLength
| ) |  |

Given a serialized array, fill in the given serialized set object.

Parameters

  fillSet | pointer to result
  src | pointer to start of array
  srcLength | length of array

Returns
  true if the given array is valid, otherwise false

Stable:
  ICU 2.4

## ◆ uset_hasStrings()

U_CAPI UBool uset_hasStrings | ( | const USet * | set | ) |

Parameters

  set | the set

Returns
  true if this set contains multi-character strings or the empty string.

Draft:
  This API may be changed in the future versions and was introduced in ICU 70

## ◆ uset_indexOf()

U_CAPI int32_t uset_indexOf | ( | const USet * | set,
|  | UChar32 | c
| ) |  |

Returns the index of the given character within this set, where the set is ordered by ascending code point.

If the character is not in this set, return -1. The inverse of this method is `charAt()`.

Parameters

  set | the set
  c | the character to obtain the index for

Returns
  an index from 0..size()-1, or -1

Stable:
  ICU 3.2

## ◆ uset_isEmpty()

U_CAPI UBool uset_isEmpty | ( | const USet * | set | ) |

Returns true if the given USet contains no characters and no strings.

Parameters

  set | the set

Returns
  true if set is empty

Stable:
  ICU 2.4

## ◆ uset_isFrozen()

U_CAPI UBool uset_isFrozen | ( | const USet * | set | ) |

Determines whether the set has been frozen (made immutable) or not.

See the ICU4J Freezable interface for details.

Parameters

  set | the set

Returns
  true/false for whether the set has been frozen

See also
  uset_freeze
  uset_cloneAsThawed

Stable:
  ICU 3.8

## ◆ uset_open()

U_CAPI USet* uset_open | ( | UChar32 | start,
|  | UChar32 | end
| ) |  |

Creates a USet object that contains the range of characters start..end, inclusive.

If `start > end` then an empty set is created (same as using uset_openEmpty()).

Parameters

  start | first character of the range, inclusive
  end | last character of the range, inclusive

Returns
  a newly created USet. The caller must call uset_close() on it when done.

Stable:
  ICU 2.4

## ◆ uset_openEmpty()

U_CAPI USet* uset_openEmpty | ( | void |  | ) |

Create an empty USet object.

Equivalent to uset_open(1, 0).

Returns
  a newly created USet. The caller must call uset_close() on it when done.

Stable:
  ICU 4.2

## ◆ uset_openPattern()

U_CAPI USet* uset_openPattern | ( | const UChar * | pattern,
|  | int32_t | patternLength,
|  | UErrorCode * | ec
| ) |  |

Creates a set from the given pattern.

See the UnicodeSet class description for the syntax of the pattern language.

Parameters

  pattern | a string specifying what characters are in the set
  patternLength | the length of the pattern, or -1 if null terminated
  ec | the error code

Stable:
  ICU 2.4

## ◆ uset_openPatternOptions()

U_CAPI USet* uset_openPatternOptions | ( | const UChar * | pattern,
|  | int32_t | patternLength,
|  | uint32_t | options,
|  | UErrorCode * | ec
| ) |  |

Creates a set from the given pattern.

See the UnicodeSet class description for the syntax of the pattern language.

Parameters

  pattern | a string specifying what characters are in the set
  patternLength | the length of the pattern, or -1 if null terminated
  options | bitmask for options to apply to the pattern. Valid options are USET_IGNORE_SPACE and USET_CASE_INSENSITIVE.
  ec | the error code

Stable:
  ICU 2.4

## ◆ uset_remove()

U_CAPI void uset_remove | ( | USet * | set,
|  | UChar32 | c
| ) |  |

Removes the given character from the given USet.

After this call, uset_contains(set, c) will return false. A frozen set will not be modified.

Parameters

  set | the object from which to remove the character
  c | the character to remove

Stable:
  ICU 2.4

## ◆ uset_removeAll()

U_CAPI void uset_removeAll | ( | USet * | set,
|  | const USet * | removeSet
| ) |  |

Removes from this set all of its elements that are contained in the specified set.

This operation effectively modifies this set so that its value is the asymmetric set difference of the two sets. A frozen set will not be modified.

Parameters

  set | the object from which the elements are to be removed
  removeSet | the object that defines which elements will be removed from this set

Stable:
  ICU 3.2

## ◆ uset_removeAllCodePoints()

U_CAPI void uset_removeAllCodePoints | ( | USet * | set,
|  | const UChar * | str,
|  | int32_t | length
| ) |  |

Removes EACH of the characters in this string.

Note: "ch" == {"c", "h"} A frozen set will not be modified.

Parameters

  set | the object to be modified
  str | the string
  length | the length of the string, or -1 if NUL-terminated

Stable:
  ICU 69

## ◆ uset_removeAllStrings()

U_CAPI void uset_removeAllStrings | ( | USet * | set | ) |

Remove all strings from this set.

Parameters

  set | the set

Stable:
  ICU 4.2

## ◆ uset_removeRange()

U_CAPI void uset_removeRange | ( | USet * | set,
|  | UChar32 | start,
|  | UChar32 | end
| ) |  |

Removes the given range of characters from the given USet.

After this call, uset_contains(set, start, end) will return false. A frozen set will not be modified.

Parameters

  set | the object to which to add the character
  start | the first character of the range to remove, inclusive
  end | the last character of the range to remove, inclusive

Stable:
  ICU 2.2

## ◆ uset_removeString()

U_CAPI void uset_removeString | ( | USet * | set,
|  | const UChar * | str,
|  | int32_t | strLen
| ) |  |

Removes the given string to the given USet.

After this call, uset_containsString(set, str, strLen) will return false. A frozen set will not be modified.

Parameters

  set | the object to which to add the character
  str | the string to remove
  strLen | the length of the string or -1 if null terminated.

Stable:
  ICU 2.4

## ◆ uset_resemblesPattern()

U_CAPI UBool uset_resemblesPattern | ( | const UChar * | pattern,
|  | int32_t | patternLength,
|  | int32_t | pos
| ) |  |

Return true if the given position, in the given pattern, appears to be the start of a UnicodeSet pattern.

Parameters

  pattern | a string specifying the pattern
  patternLength | the length of the pattern, or -1 if NULL
  pos | the given position

Stable:
  ICU 3.2

## ◆ uset_retain()

U_CAPI void uset_retain | ( | USet * | set,
|  | UChar32 | start,
|  | UChar32 | end
| ) |  |

Retain only the elements in this set that are contained in the specified range.

If `start > end` then an empty range is retained, leaving the set empty. This is equivalent to a boolean logic AND, or a set INTERSECTION. A frozen set will not be modified.

Parameters

  set | the object for which to retain only the specified range
  start | first character, inclusive, of range
  end | last character, inclusive, of range

Stable:
  ICU 3.2

## ◆ uset_retainAll()

U_CAPI void uset_retainAll | ( | USet * | set,
|  | const USet * | retain
| ) |  |

Retains only the elements in this set that are contained in the specified set.

In other words, removes from this set all of its elements that are not contained in the specified set. This operation effectively modifies this set so that its value is the intersection of the two sets. A frozen set will not be modified.

Parameters

  set | the object on which to perform the retain
  retain | set that defines which elements this set will retain

Stable:
  ICU 3.2

## ◆ uset_retainAllCodePoints()

U_CAPI void uset_retainAllCodePoints | ( | USet * | set,
|  | const UChar * | str,
|  | int32_t | length
| ) |  |

Retains EACH of the characters in this string.

Note: "ch" == {"c", "h"} A frozen set will not be modified.

Parameters

  set | the object to be modified
  str | the string
  length | the length of the string, or -1 if NUL-terminated

Stable:
  ICU 69

## ◆ uset_retainString()

U_CAPI void uset_retainString | ( | USet * | set,
|  | const UChar * | str,
|  | int32_t | length
| ) |  |

Retains only the specified string from this set if it is present.

Upon return this set will be empty if it did not contain s, or will only contain s if it did contain s. A frozen set will not be modified.

Parameters

  set | the object to be modified
  str | the string
  length | the length of the string, or -1 if NUL-terminated

Stable:
  ICU 69

## ◆ uset_serialize()

U_CAPI int32_t uset_serialize | ( | const USet * | set,
|  | uint16_t * | dest,
|  | int32_t | destCapacity,
|  | UErrorCode * | pErrorCode
| ) |  |

Serializes this set into an array of 16-bit integers.

Serialization (currently) only records the characters in the set; multicharacter strings are ignored.

The array has following format (each line is one 16-bit integer):

length = (n+2*m) | (m!=0?0x8000:0) bmpLength = n; present if m!=0 bmp[0] bmp[1] ... bmp[n-1] supp-high[0] supp-low[0] supp-high[1] supp-low[1] ... supp-high[m-1] supp-low[m-1]

The array starts with a header. After the header are n bmp code points, then m supplementary code points. Either n or m or both may be zero. n+2*m is always <= 0x7FFF.

If there are no supplementary characters (if m==0) then the header is one 16-bit integer, 'length', with value n.

If there are supplementary characters (if m!=0) then the header is two 16-bit integers. The first, 'length', has value (n+2*m)|0x8000. The second, 'bmpLength', has value n.

After the header the code points are stored in ascending order. Supplementary code points are stored as most significant 16 bits followed by least significant 16 bits.

Parameters

  set | the set
  dest | pointer to buffer of destCapacity 16-bit integers. May be NULL only if destCapacity is zero.
  destCapacity | size of dest, or zero. Must not be negative.
  pErrorCode | pointer to the error code. Will be set to U_INDEX_OUTOFBOUNDS_ERROR if n+2*m > 0x7FFF. Will be set to U_BUFFER_OVERFLOW_ERROR if n+2*m+(m!=0?2:1) > destCapacity.

Returns
  the total length of the serialized format, including the header, that is, n+2*m+(m!=0?2:1), or 0 on error other than U_BUFFER_OVERFLOW_ERROR.

Stable:
  ICU 2.4

## ◆ uset_serializedContains()

U_CAPI UBool uset_serializedContains | ( | const USerializedSet * | set,
|  | UChar32 | c
| ) |  |

Returns true if the given USerializedSet contains the given character.

Parameters

  set | the serialized set
  c | The codepoint to check for within the set

Returns
  true if set contains c

Stable:
  ICU 2.4

## ◆ uset_set()

U_CAPI void uset_set | ( | USet * | set,
|  | UChar32 | start,
|  | UChar32 | end
| ) |  |

Causes the USet object to represent the range `start - end`.

If `start > end` then this USet is set to an empty range. A frozen set will not be modified.

Parameters

  set | the object to set to the given range
  start | first character in the set, inclusive
  end | last character in the set, inclusive

Stable:
  ICU 3.2

## ◆ uset_setSerializedToOne()

U_CAPI void uset_setSerializedToOne | ( | USerializedSet * | fillSet,
|  | UChar32 | c
| ) |  |

Set the USerializedSet to contain the given character (and nothing else).

Parameters

  fillSet | pointer to result
  c | The codepoint to set

Stable:
  ICU 2.4

## ◆ uset_size()

U_CAPI int32_t uset_size | ( | const USet * | set | ) |

Returns the number of characters and strings contained in this set.

The last (uset_getItemCount() - uset_getRangeCount()) items are strings.

This is slower than uset_getRangeCount() and uset_getItemCount() because it counts the code points of all ranges.

Parameters

  set | the set

Returns
  a non-negative integer counting the characters and strings contained in set

Stable:
  ICU 2.4

See also
  uset_getRangeCount

## ◆ uset_span()

U_CAPI int32_t uset_span | ( | const USet * | set,
|  | const UChar * | s,
|  | int32_t | length,
|  | USetSpanCondition | spanCondition
| ) |  |

Returns the length of the initial substring of the input string which consists only of characters and strings that are contained in this set (USET_SPAN_CONTAINED, USET_SPAN_SIMPLE), or only of characters and strings that are not contained in this set (USET_SPAN_NOT_CONTAINED).

See USetSpanCondition for details. Similar to the strspn() C library function. Unpaired surrogates are treated according to contains() of their surrogate code points. This function works faster with a frozen set and with a non-negative string length argument.

Parameters

  set | the set
  s | start of the string
  length | of the string; can be -1 for NUL-terminated
  spanCondition | specifies the containment condition

Returns
  the length of the initial substring according to the spanCondition; 0 if the start of the string does not fit the spanCondition

Stable:
  ICU 3.8

See also
  USetSpanCondition

## ◆ uset_spanBack()

U_CAPI int32_t uset_spanBack | ( | const USet * | set,
|  | const UChar * | s,
|  | int32_t | length,
|  | USetSpanCondition | spanCondition
| ) |  |

Returns the start of the trailing substring of the input string which consists only of characters and strings that are contained in this set (USET_SPAN_CONTAINED, USET_SPAN_SIMPLE), or only of characters and strings that are not contained in this set (USET_SPAN_NOT_CONTAINED).

See USetSpanCondition for details. Unpaired surrogates are treated according to contains() of their surrogate code points. This function works faster with a frozen set and with a non-negative string length argument.

Parameters

  set | the set
  s | start of the string
  length | of the string; can be -1 for NUL-terminated
  spanCondition | specifies the containment condition

Returns
  the start of the trailing substring according to the spanCondition; the string length if the end of the string does not fit the spanCondition

Stable:
  ICU 3.8

See also
  USetSpanCondition

## ◆ uset_spanBackUTF8()

U_CAPI int32_t uset_spanBackUTF8 | ( | const USet * | set,
|  | const char * | s,
|  | int32_t | length,
|  | USetSpanCondition | spanCondition
| ) |  |

Returns the start of the trailing substring of the input string which consists only of characters and strings that are contained in this set (USET_SPAN_CONTAINED, USET_SPAN_SIMPLE), or only of characters and strings that are not contained in this set (USET_SPAN_NOT_CONTAINED).

See USetSpanCondition for details. Malformed byte sequences are treated according to contains(0xfffd). This function works faster with a frozen set and with a non-negative string length argument.

Parameters

  set | the set
  s | start of the string (UTF-8)
  length | of the string; can be -1 for NUL-terminated
  spanCondition | specifies the containment condition

Returns
  the start of the trailing substring according to the spanCondition; the string length if the end of the string does not fit the spanCondition

Stable:
  ICU 3.8

See also
  USetSpanCondition

## ◆ uset_spanUTF8()

U_CAPI int32_t uset_spanUTF8 | ( | const USet * | set,
|  | const char * | s,
|  | int32_t | length,
|  | USetSpanCondition | spanCondition
| ) |  |

Returns the length of the initial substring of the input string which consists only of characters and strings that are contained in this set (USET_SPAN_CONTAINED, USET_SPAN_SIMPLE), or only of characters and strings that are not contained in this set (USET_SPAN_NOT_CONTAINED).

See USetSpanCondition for details. Similar to the strspn() C library function. Malformed byte sequences are treated according to contains(0xfffd). This function works faster with a frozen set and with a non-negative string length argument.

Parameters

  set | the set
  s | start of the string (UTF-8)
  length | of the string; can be -1 for NUL-terminated
  spanCondition | specifies the containment condition

Returns
  the length of the initial substring according to the spanCondition; 0 if the start of the string does not fit the spanCondition

Stable:
  ICU 3.8

See also
  USetSpanCondition

## ◆ uset_toPattern()

U_CAPI int32_t uset_toPattern | ( | const USet * | set,
|  | UChar * | result,
|  | int32_t | resultCapacity,
|  | UBool | escapeUnprintable,
|  | UErrorCode * | ec
| ) |  |

Returns a string representation of this set.

If the result of calling this function is passed to a uset_openPattern(), it will produce another set that is equal to this one.

Parameters

  set | the set
  result | the string to receive the rules, may be NULL
  resultCapacity | the capacity of result, may be 0 if result is NULL
  escapeUnprintable | if true then convert unprintable character to their hex escape representations, \uxxxx or \Uxxxxxxxx. Unprintable characters are those other than U+000A, U+0020..U+007E.
  ec | error code.

Returns
  length of string, possibly larger than resultCapacity

Stable:
  ICU 2.4